System BIOS Intel® 5000 Series Chipsets Server Board Family Datasheet
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3.23 System Management BIOS (SMBIOS)
The BIOS provides support for the System Management BIOS Reference Specification, Version
2.4 to create a standardized interface for manageable attributes that are expected to be
supported by DMI-enabled computer systems. The BIOS provides this interface via data
structures through which the system attributes are reported. Using SMBIOS, a system
administrator can obtain the types, capabilities, operational status, installation date and other
information about the server components.